Case Study of Arkansas' Experience using the State Snapshots

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On January 17, 2008, Rhonda Jaster gave a presentation at the State Healthcare Quality Improvement Workshop, which outlined how the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement leveraged the State Snapshots to advance the organization's health care quality efforts. Please select the following link to access the slides: (PowerPoint® File, 301 KB; PDF File, 150 KB; PDF Help).

Slide 1: Assessing Quality of Care

In the lower left corner is the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement's (ACHI's) logo, which reads "ACHI, Arkansas Center for Health Improvement."

This presentation uses a template with a white background. Across the bottom of the slide is a red dot connected to a blue horizontal line that fades in to a lighter blue from left to right. To the right of the line is "ACHI."

Slide 5: Measuring quality of care

We now know more about the quality of our nation's health plans, hospitals and medical groups than we ever have, and public reporting of performance data has had the impact we intended: it promotes continuous improvement.

Slide 15: Overall system-level performance

The slide is a bar chart. The chart shows results for the number of eligible patients who received breast cancer screening or comprehensive diabetes care divided by the number in the system eligible for the procedure. Data are shown
for Fort Smith and Hot Springs. Along the y-axis is percentage.

Slide 16: Comparison with national rates

This slide is a bar chart. Along the x-axis is breast cancer screening (mammograms) and comprehensive diabetes care (HbA1c monitoring). The bars are categorized by Fort Smith, Hot Springs, U.S. Commercial Plans, U.S. Medicaid, and AR ConnectCare. Along the y-axis is percentage.

Slide 17: EHC group and provider performance

The group and provider level results may not accurately attribute quality results to specific groups/providers
— Events credited to any group/provider who treated participants
— No explicit PCP assignment available